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...and it should remind us of the relationship between freedom and the consciousness of possibility, between freedom and the imagination - the ability to make present what is absent, to summon up a condition that is not yet.

2.01.2009

This is a fully remarkable book that conveys a complex story of isolation that can only be experienced as a stranger in a strange land. The illustrations create a thoroughly rich and unique set of new worlds- each which operate under different rules.

As an 'expat', I find myself moved by the inner struggle of the character as he balances the excitement of seeing new spaces with the tragedy of being separated from his loved ones.

Or maybe I'm just reading into it.

Beyond the title, there are no words to be found in The Arrival. In this way, it makes an amazing case for visual literacy. This would be an excellent book for any class that deals with storytelling, or a project in which students need to tell- or even simply suggest, a narrative in pictures.

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